CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS) announced Wednesday that the PEBT plan for October, November or December issuance has not been approved. While discussions continue with the U.S. Department of…
ST. JOHN’S — The U.S. Department of State is recommending U.S. travelers reconsider travel to Antigua and Barbuda due to “health and safety measures and COVID-related conditions.” Issued Monday, the State Department travel advisory noted…
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope’s 900-ton…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is hopeful that its entry into American Airlines’ preflight testing program will strengthen efforts to minimize the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the…
GEORGE TOWN — The Caribbean’s tourism sector may be suffering along with the rest on the world in the pandemic, but the first Hotel Indigo is coming to the region. Dart, the Cayman Islands’ leading…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican Republic woman faces up to 55 years in prison after admitting to running a human trafficking sex ring that pulled illegal women from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela to St.…
CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man who used to sell marijuana out of his Jeep near a convenience store in Sion Farm pleaded guilty in federal court to illegal use of a firearm, authorities said.…
SAN JUAN — An impaired man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after attacking a Department of Health employee at Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport this past weekend. The victim was attacked by…
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said today that four people have been rescued and it is searching for six more who were on a boat that capsized west of Puerto Rico. The Coast…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The long arm of the law is exercising a little latitude when it comes to enforcement of traffic infractions on St. Thomas. The Virgin Islands Police Department calls it: “Education Before Citation.”…